The Seychelles are the most beautiful islands on Earth...why? Article, The Seychelles are the most beautiful islands on Earth...why? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="headline__heading" itemprop="headline name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Austin News Deck Semibold", Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 4.2rem; font-weight: normal; line-height: 4.8rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"> The Seychelles are the most beautiful islands on Earth...why?</h1> <div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_An2r7kKsw3QFur5Rv9GCgUGvDdkha8iAPuEcufTXcOqEmTjaXoMLlue9OUuTEMaG5AUKBihssqOFdMg-vqQTVTeOgBXxe1bX__xRpgtUj2634M1lY2dyxspt7y_qqofrmFm9l-ZHZF7B/s1600/AP78907278_Seychelles_Trave-large+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_An2r7kKsw3QFur5Rv9GCgUGvDdkha8iAPuEcufTXcOqEmTjaXoMLlue9OUuTEMaG5AUKBihssqOFdMg-vqQTVTeOgBXxe1bX__xRpgtUj2634M1lY2dyxspt7y_qqofrmFm9l-ZHZF7B/s320/AP78907278_Seychelles_Trave-large+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Austin News Text Roman", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">here aren’t many places on Earth where hawksbill turtles feel so unthreatened that they come ashore in broad daylight to lay their eggs. The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/seychelles/" style="background: 0px center; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(118, 118, 118); border-left-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-right-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Seychelles</a> is one place where they do. There she was: a turtle scooping a hole in the sand, then entering the trance that accompanies the egg-laying process. Her carapace swayed as lychee-like ova plopped into the hollow.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Austin News Text Roman", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Erin, the ecologist with me on the beach, measured the turtle’s shell and checked her tags. The only sounds I could make out were the turtle shuffling leaves, and the whisper of the warm breeze. Half an hour slid by before I moved from my supine position at the back of the beach to dust myself free of fine, white sand.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Austin News Text Roman", Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.7rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMaWDnD3EeW1BvqHoQxBXG5bras9VoGgvF75C8JBbKyiA1TR846Mk8-V_aMEbIoEUbe5FnV8mT5sGSITpraOE-jYXtECxpkD8o5Ks5oSHBkoDVIsfe7QXsjit8plKwHzIgZkSHLVQElFA/s1600/seychelles-anse-macquereau--large+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMaWDnD3EeW1BvqHoQxBXG5bras9VoGgvF75C8JBbKyiA1TR846Mk8-V_aMEbIoEUbe5FnV8mT5sGSITpraOE-jYXtECxpkD8o5Ks5oSHBkoDVIsfe7QXsjit8plKwHzIgZkSHLVQElFA/s320/seychelles-anse-macquereau--large+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "austin news text roman" , "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: large;">Many of the turtle’s progeny will not survive; only around one in every 1,000 sea turtles makes it to adulthood. In most parts of the world turtles use the cover of darkness for protection as they lay and hatch their eggs – an attempt to address those odds. But in the Seychelles, quiet, protected beaches surrounded by indigenous forest allow them a degree of safety, even in daylight. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "austin news text roman" , "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "austin news text roman" , "georgia" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDqUn-H2-71bGg-1pbK294HrX8huPO34gtfFrwzACpie7r6Lq6t5vDzvy3KO4vdLT4Jdx20rlGGRG6NPlLX_hJ77usf3dLdYbSjdhf9K4mkxGKgvjjrxETZEP7HJOlA-6uTh5P2407WoY/s1600/seychelles-turtle-1-large+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Austin News Text Roman", Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDqUn-H2-71bGg-1pbK294HrX8huPO34gtfFrwzACpie7r6Lq6t5vDzvy3KO4vdLT4Jdx20rlGGRG6NPlLX_hJ77usf3dLdYbSjdhf9K4mkxGKgvjjrxETZEP7HJOlA-6uTh5P2407WoY/s320/seychelles-turtle-1-large+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "austin news text roman" , "georgia" , "times" , serif;"></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">With some exceptions, development and conservation sit together </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">well in this archipelago of 115 islands. One coastline on the </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">mainland, Mahé, aside, buildings cede to vegetation. Awareness of </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">the need to preserve island ecology is increasing. Indigenous </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">animal species that have been adversely affected by human </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">development patterns are being reintroduced.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">These granitic and coral islands, around 1,100 miles from the Tanzanian coast, are wilder and less glossily perfect than the Maldives, to the north and east. But they are certainly alluring, with the attractions of surreal rock formations, lush forests and Creole heritage, as well as some of the world’s best beaches and cerulean seas. </span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Austin News Text Roman", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I was staying at the Fregate Island Private, 20 minutes by helicopter from Mahé. The resort is certainly luxurious. But as well as private infinity pools and a platoon of butlers, it provides access to some of the world’s rarest fauna and flora, so the need to preserve habitats and landscapes is fundamental<span style="font-size: 1.7rem;">.</span></span></div> </div> </div> The Seychelles are the most beautiful islands on Earth...why? The Seychelles are the most beautiful islands on Earth...why? here aren’t ma... Read more »
